Shoe.



Appli-cation filed .august le, 2.916.

To all whom i may concerti:

Be it known that l. Aurina l). Savane, a citizen of tl e United latates7 residing; atSidney, county of Shelby, and State of Ohio5 haveinvented certain new and useful liniproveinents in Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shoes and particularly to means for rendering the shoes waterproof at their meeting,r or fastening,- edges.

The object of my invention is to provide in a shoe7 means to prevent Vater or moisture entering the shoe Where the uppers of the shoes are fastened; that is to prevent the Water or moisture entering` between the meeting' or fastening edges,

A further object of my invention to provide in a shoe, Waterproofing means as mentioned which shall not detract from the appearance of the shoe or the comfort of the same to the wearer.

A further object of my invention is to provide Waterproofing' means as mentioned. which shall not add materially to the cost of production of the shoe. @ther objects will appear hereinafter.

Witl these objects in view my invention consists generally in providing the adjacent faces of the overlapping edges of the upper With strips of material7 the surfaces of which have a tendency to adhere. My invention further consists in providing a padding be tween the faces of the edges 'of the 'upper and the aforementioned stripe whereby the latter are maintained in close Contact when the shoe is being Worn. My invention fur ther consists in providing the overlapping edges, equipped as mentioned, with suitable fasteners for securing; the shoe and for holding said strips in proper contant. My invention further consists in various details of construction and arrangements of part-s, all as Will loe fully described hereinaft id particularly pointed out in the claims.

ll/ly invention will be more readily' luide#l stood by vreference to the accompanying drawings forming a plart of this speoifieation and in which, Figure Ll is perspective vievv of a shoe embodying my. invention Fig. 2 is a fragmentary detail vievv of the meeting edges of the upper,

Fig. 3 is a section on substantially the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a portion illustrating thel of one of the meeting edges Specification of Letters '.fatent.

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Serial No. 115,572.

'strips )partiallyr illuslaced shoes. The adiacent faces of the edges are provV d with strips of material lia-ving a tendency, when ln'ought into intimate con tact, of adhering. such as fine grained rubber or the like. Between the strips d and the faces of 'the upper f2 are arranged strips of padding1 This paddingv may he of any preferred material but l liud c.. thin cotton felt eliuient for the purpose.

nuy preferred form of fastening means may oe employed but l prefer to' secure the i the upper hy means of the ordinary snap faste ers u. as illust ated in Figs. "i te -IY inclusive, in which. event the elements of the fasteners are secured through the strips l aud 5 and the adjacent portions of the upper. Preferably the fasteners are ser'fured so that the hall and socket portions are slightly embedded in the Waterproofing strips as shown clearly in Fig. 3. so that when the fasteners are secured the strips t 'will lie held iirnily in Contact throughout substantially their extent.

lnlapplying: my in 'volition to a laced shoe the inner faces of the edges of the upper are provided with` the sti ips i and 5 as above described, and the tongue 7 is provided, on it outer surface with a facing of material ,iruilar to the strips si, as illustrated in Fig.

lf'dcsired a paddingl`v strip 9 may be arranged between the tous ve and thn facing; S.

it is obvious that. u'itli a shoe equipped 'with in vention. it impossible for Water or moi -ure to enter the shoe at the meet- Also my invention" I claim 1. A shoe comprising ari upper having overlapping edge portions, strips of material having a vtendency toward mutual adherence on the adjacent facesky of said edge portions, and fastening means adaptedI t0 hold said strips in engagement:

2. A shoe comprising an upper having overlapping edge portions, strips of material havinga tendency toward mutual adherence on the adjacent faces of said edge portions7 tween said strips and the respective edge portions, and fastening means adapted. to hold said strips 'in engagement.

3. A shoe comprising an upper having overlapping edge portions, strips of material having a tendency toward mutual adherence on the adjacent faces of said edge portions, and snap -fastenings secured resilient material arranged bei through said strips and said edge portions, substantially as described.

4. A shoe comprising an upper having overlapping edge portions, strips of material having a tendency ltoward mutual adherence on the adjacent faces of said ec ge portions, strips of ranged between said strips and the adjacent edge portions, and snap fastenings secured through said strips and the adjacent por-A tions of the upper, substantially as described;-

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification ,in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADELIA P. SAVAGE.

Witnesses:

M. lV. HUGUELY, H. S. AUSTIN.

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